Poem-a-Day
Poem-a-Day is the original, daily poetry series featuring new poems by today’s poets. Produced by the Academy of American Poets, this free digital series is made possible by you, our readers and listeners. Theme music by Kat Rejsek. Audio engineering by Genevieve Shubeck. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.
1901
b: william bearhart: "No More Fire Here: A Ses...
3 min
1902
John Rollin Ridge: "Random Thoughts of Her"
1 min
1903
Ruth Muskrat Bronson: from “Sonnets from the Ch...
1 min
1904
Ishmael Angaluuk Hope: "Dance Practice"
1 min
1905
Gordon Henry: "It was Snowing on the Monuments"
3 min
1906
Janet McAdams: "Lie"
2 min
1907
Tiffany Midge: "Distracted from COVID-19, Atten...
2 min
1908
Mark Turcotte: "Dear New Blood"
3 min
1909
Paul Celan: "So Many Constellations"
1 min
1910
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "A Picture"
2 min
1911
Aricka Foreman: "Polycystic Study of Intimacy"
3 min
1912
William Reichard: "In the Evening"
2 min
1913
Eric Gansworth: "The Word for Gossip"
3 min
1914
Tanaya Winder: "Becoming a Ghost"
2 min
1915
Michael Torres: "Pockets"
3 min
1916
Bertrand N.O. Walker: "A Mojave Lullaby"
1 min
1917
Margaret Noodin: "To the Pine Tree" by Jane Joh...
2 min
1918
Aimee Suzara: "Amphibious"
3 min
1919
Melanie Figg: "A Rogue Dream"
2 min
1920
LeAnne Howe: "1918, Iva Describes Her Deathbed"
3 min
1921
Khaty Xiong: "The Seven Prisms of My Blood"
2 min
1922
Halee Kirkwood: "Self-Portrait as the Changeling"
2 min
1923
Alexander Posey: "On the Hills of Dawn"
0 min
1924
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Marshlands"
1 min
1925
Roy G. Guzmán: excerpt from "The Age of Aquarius"
4 min